Chapter 5 — Kien Vi

Tieu Kien Vi led the people of the Imperial Palace to block the west side door of the Princess Truong Palace. When Ta Truong Tu stepped out from inside... Ta Van Hanh was wearing his cloak, his hair falling over his shoulders. Maybe she didn't expect there to be someone outside the door. The tears on my face have not yet dried. Ta Truong Tu paused. Tieu Kien Vi stood under the light, speaking calmly: "What's the matter when the Royal Family comes to Princess Truong's palace late at night?" Ta Truong Tu's face darkened. "Van Hanh is sick, the king has come to visit." Tieu Kien Vi's eyes fell on Ta Van Hanh's cloak. "Going to visit the sick..." "Shouldn't I also avoid the main gate and go through the west side door?" Ta Van Hanh cried and said: "Master Tieu, I'm just scared." "Since I was a child, I have no one left." Dear brother, it's okay to visit me once... isn't it okay?" The clerk behind Tieu Kien Vi immediately lowered his pen to take notes. "It's three hours in the hour of the Pig." "Ninh Vuong left Princess Truong's palace through the west side door." "Ta Thi Van Hanh put on Ninh Vuong's cloak and went with him." Ta Truong Tu said in a cold voice: "Tieu Kien Vi, do you have to go to this extent?" Tieu Kien Vi closed the book. "I will only investigate." "If the Vuong is not satisfied." Well, tomorrow you can go to the palace and explain yourself." The next day. The Royal Palace again offered harp notes. This time... Not only did Ta Van Hanh's harp go beyond etiquette. But he also accused Ta Truong Tu of lese majesty. The Emperor stripped him of half of his military authority at the Patrol Camp, and at the same time ordered him to close his palace and reflect. When the news reached the Shen residence... I was arranging the books of the bookstore that my mother brought me to. Mother sat next to me, wanting to speak many times and then stopped. "Phu Ninh..." I didn't raise my head. "Mother, Miss Ta is just an orphan after all." I turned to another page of the book. "But even if you are an orphan, you still have to know how to be polite." Mother sighed softly. "My father said, His Majesty no longer blames the Tham family anymore." "I'm afraid this marriage... will be difficult to succeed." I took the pen and wrote another old debt in the book. "So That's good." Mother looked at me. "Do you really no longer have any attachment to Ninh Vuong?" The tip of the pen stopped on the paper. In my previous life... I used to be attached. On the wedding night, when he reached out to remove the phoenix crown from my head... His movements were also extremely gentle. He once complimented me on my dignity. Praise me for general understanding. When he entrusted the internal management of Ninh Vuong Palace to me, he also said: "From now on, I will have to trouble you hard." I devoted all my effort to that statement. So steep that even one's life is lost. And then in the end... It was he who let Ta Van Hanh wear my phoenix crown. I continued to bow my head and write down the book. "No more." Mother didn't say anything more. At that moment, the sound of horse hooves stopping outside was heard. Xuan Duong walked in and reported: "Miss, Ninh Vuong Palace has brought a bride price." I stood up and went out. In the yard are displayed more than ten painted chests. The brocade box placed in the front is open. Inside... is a royal phoenix coffin. Crafted of pure gold encrusted with pearls, the phoenix's tail hangs jade tassels. Exactly like the one I wore in my previous life. The manager of Ninh Vuong Palace smiled cautiously. "The prince said that everything before was just a misunderstanding." "This is a phoenix for the main concubine of Ninh Vuong palace." "The prince hopes that Miss Tham will accept it." I walked closer. On the inside of the phoenix coffin there is a very small scratch. That's the mark that Ta Van Hanh's hairpin accidentally scratched when she tried it on. In my previous life... When I touched that scratch, my heart felt like it was stabbed by a needle. At that time, Ta Van Hanh stood next to me and smiled and said: "My sister-in-law, I accidentally scratched it." "You won't blame me, right?" Now... I close the brocade box.

"Bring it back." The manager was stunned. I turned to Xuan Duong and told him: "Bring the book of etiquette." "Attach an explanation sheet." "Send a message to the Royal family..." "The Shen family does not accept that the matriarch's phoenix coffin has been tried on by someone else." The manager's face changed from blue to white. When he led the group of people carrying the bride price to leave, there were quite a few people standing at the entrance of the alley watching. In less than half a day... The whole capital knows. The phoenix coffin that Ninh Vuong Palace brought as a bride price... Was tried on by Ta Van Hanh a long time ago. ... The spring viewing party was held at Khuc Thuy garden in the palace. The Emperor was slow to issue the decree of four marriages. Everyone in the sect understands clearly. Ninh Vuong's marriage... Eight out of ten times it failed. Therefore, that day there were especially many people who took the initiative to talk to the Tham family. Mother, on my behalf, skillfully refused one group after another, still with a forced smile on her lips. "Phu Ninh." "If you have an eye for anyone, you can tell mother." I looked towards the garden. Under the flower tree, Tieu Kien Vi was standing and chatting with several royal historians. Today he was wearing a blue plain clothes, with only a simple piece of white jade hanging on his waist. A wind blew. A few flower petals gently landed on his shoulders. He didn't even raise his hand to brush it away. It wasn't until the young man standing next to him gently reminded him that he conveniently brushed it down. I quietly withdrew my gaze. Mother looked in the direction I just looked and said softly: "Lord Tieu... is a bit too cold." I smiled. "A little cold is good." Mother was slightly stunned. I won't explain further. When Ta Truong Tu appeared... Khuc Thuy Garden suddenly became quiet for a moment. After being stripped of his position and detained for half a month, today he was still able to enter the palace to attend the banquet. Maybe... That was the last bit of dignity the Emperor had left for him.